John 1:19-25

Verse	Term	Parsing	Lexical Form	Inflected Meaning	Observations	
1:19	au{th	NFS	ou{toV, au{th, touto	this	demonstrative pronoun	
	hJ marturiva	NFS	hJ marturiva	the testimony		
	o{te . . . ajpevsteilan	AAI3P	ajpovstellw	when they sent		
	oiJ  jIoudaioi	NMP	jIoudaioV, -ou, oJ	the Jews		
	ejx  JIerosoluvmwn	GFP	JIerosoluma, hV, hJ	from Jerusalem		
	iJerei:V	AMP	iJereuvV, evwV, oJ	priests	see Mounce p. 348 (n-3e(3)) for declension 	
	LeuivtaV	AMP	LeuivthV, -ou oJ	Levites	see Mounce p. 346 (n-1f) for declension	
	i{na ejrwthvswsin	PAS3P	ejrwtavw	in order to ask	subjunctive of purpose	
	tivV ei\;~	PAI2S	eijmiv	Who are you?	interrogative pron (see Mounce p. 352)	
1:20	wJmolovghsen	AAI3S	oJmolovgew	he confessed		
	hjrnhvsato,	AMdI3S	ajrnevomai	he denied		
1:21	hjrwvthsan	AAI3P	ejrwtavw	they asked		
	Tiv ou\n~	NNS	tivV, tiv	What then?	interrogative pron (see Mounce p. 352)	
	 jHlivaV	NMS	jHlivaV, -ou, oJ	Elijah	see Mounce p. 346 (n-1f) for declension	
	levgei,	PAI3S	levgw	he says	Historical present (when you use present tense to make the past-tense narrative more vivid)	
	oJ profhthV	NMS	profhthV, -ou, oJ	the prophet	predicate nominative; see Mounce p. 346 (n-1f) for declension	
	ajpekrivqh,	APdI3S	ajpekrivvomai	he answered		
	Ou[.	particle	ou[	no	always accented when standing alone and meaning no	
1:22	ei\pan	AAI3P	levgw	they said	Note the form – the 2nd aorist is assimilating to the alpha tense formative of the 1st aorist	
	ajpovkrisin	AFS	ajpovkrisiV, -ewV, hJ	an answer	see Mounce p. 348 (n-3e(5b)) for declension	
	i{na . . . dw:men	PAS1P	divdwmi	in order that we might give	subjunctive of purpose	
	toi:V pevmyasin	AAPDMP	pevmpw	to those who sent	substantival participle	
	Tiv levgeiV	PAI2S	levgw	What do you say	interrogative pronoun	
	peri; seautou:~	GMS	seautou:, hV	about yourself?		
1:23	e[fh,	AAI3S	fhmiv	he said		
	Fwnh;	NFS	fwnhv	a voice		
	bow:ntoV	PAPGMS	boavw	of one who is crying out	substantival ptc (note:  this is not “a voice crying out …”)	
	Ejn th:/ ejrhvmw/,	DFS	e[rhmoV, -ou, hJ	in the wilderness	note:  this is FEMININE (see Mounce p. 346 (n-2b) for declension	
	Eujquvnate	AAM2P	eujquvnw	make straight		
	th;n oJdo;n	AFS	oJdovV, -ou, hJ	the way	note:  this is FEMININE (see Mounce p. 346 (n-2b) for declension	
	Kaqw;V	Adverb	kaqwvV	just as		
	ei\pen	AAI3S	levgw	he said		
	 jHsai<aV	NMS	jHsai<aV, -ou, oJ	Isaiah	see Mounce p. 346 (n-1d) for declension	
1:24	ajpestalmevnoi	RPPNMP	ajpovstellw	having been sent	Pluperfect periphrastic; see Mounce p. 284; translation:  “they had been sent”	
	h\san	IAI3P	eijmiv	they were		
	ejk tw:n Farisaivwn.	GMP	FarisaivoV, -ou, oJ	from the Pharisees		
1:25	hjrwvthsan	AAI3P	ejrwtavw	they asked		
	baptivzeiV	PAI2S	baptivzw	do you baptize		
	ei\	PAI2S	eijmiv	you are		

Translation:
(Put the translation in normal English word order so that it is readable, but otherwise be as wooden as possible.)

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites [to him] in order to ask him, “Who are you?” And he confessed and did not deny, but he confessed “I am not the Christ.” And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he said (hist. present), “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” And he answered, “No.” Therefore they said to him, “Who are you? In order that we might give an answer to those who sent us; what do you say about yourself?” He said,
	“I am a voice of one who cries out in the wilderness,
	make straight the way of the Lord,”  just as the prophet Isaiah said.

And they had been sent from the Pharisees. And they asked him and said to him, “Then why do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”